"The ship is yours, and you probably know more about the shoals than I do.

You must have felt that a hundred times when you were at sea with that solemn old sailor, Captain Clubbe.

And yet, before you could get into port, you found yourself forced to take the compulsory pilot on board and make him welcome with such grace as you could command, feeling all the while that he did not want to come and you could have done as well without him.

So you must put up with my company as gracefully as you can, remembering that you can drop me as soon as you are in port." And surely, none other could have occupied an uncomfortable position so gracefully.
Barebone found that he had not much to do.

He soon accommodated himself to a position which required nothing more active than a ready ear and a gracious patience.